Screen Queensland has unveiled the program for the inaugural Let’s Play Streamer Summit, a new industry event set for Friday 26 June as part of the Queensland Games Festival. The one-day summit will run as an extension of Framework, the festival’s industry day, and is designed to bring Queensland games developers together with leading Twitch streamers from across Australia.
The announcement lands now because expressions of interest are open ahead of the summit’s start, giving would-be attendees a short window to secure a place before the program begins. The event is billed as a first national summit for streamers, and that framing is driving interest from both developers and creators who want a direct route into each other’s audiences.
The first program gives the day a clear shape. Registration begins at 1:30pm on Friday, followed by a panel called Become the Next Big Thing: growing a community on Twitch at 2:00pm. A second session, Dev? Streamer? Or Both?, is set for 3:00pm, before a Dev vs Streamers: Super Smash Bros. competition at 4:00pm and Framework at 5:00pm. The festival continues on Saturday 27 June with the Queensland Games Festival Exhibition.
Julie Eckersley said the summit fits Screen Queensland’s approach to building both the state’s games development sector and its creator economy, while also recognising how important discoverability is for local games. She said Queensland is well placed to launch what she called the first national summit for streamers, where developers and creators collide. The event is being delivered with BRIGDA and associated with Twitch.
That promise comes with a catch. The Let’s Play Streamer Summit is described as a highly specialised program for streamers and games developers, but attendance is limited. It is being pitched as a rare chance rather than an open conference, which makes the early registration push important for anyone hoping to get in.
Lewis Mitchell said Twitch is excited to take part and called the summit a unique opportunity to connect with creators and support the local gaming industry. He said the company looks forward to bringing creators and industry together in person to celebrate the growth of streaming culture across Queensland and Australia more broadly. On Saturday, streamers will also be able to try Queensland games in development and capture content at prepared streaming stations from 10am to 3pm.
The next step is simple: Screen Queensland will release the panellists closer to the event, while interest will be judged by how quickly the limited places fill. For now, the summit is less a concept than a scheduled meeting point, with Queensland using the festival to put game makers and streamers in the same room at the same time.
